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To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop a training session and a counseling session in suicide prevention and lethal means tailored to veterans who served in the Armed Forces after…

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To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop a training session and a counseling session in suicide prevention and lethal means tailored to veterans who served in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 11, 2019 Introduced by: Underwood, Lauren Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 20, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 11, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Sep 11, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to develop (1) a suicide prevention and lethal means training session, and (2) a suicide prevention and lethal means counseling session tailored to veterans who served in the Armed Forces any time after September 11, 2001.

What's happening now September 20, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4282: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop a training session and a counseling session in suicide prevention and lethal means tailored to veterans who served in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001, and for other purposes.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4282/
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"H.R. 4282: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop a training session and a counseling session in suicide prevention and lethal means tailored to veterans who served in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001, and for other purposes.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4282/.
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H.R. 4282, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4282/.
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[H.R. 4282: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop a training session and a counseling session in suicide prevention and lethal means tailored to veterans who served in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4282/)
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